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Campaigner Dr Lisa Mckenzie on Why Nottingham Needs to Stop the Gentrification of Sneinton Market
Thu 05 Nov 2020Having spent six years fighting against gentrification in London, working class academic and Notts lass Dr Lisa Mckenzie returned to her native city to find the same happening here. With more development plans tabled for Sneinton Market, including the demolition and replacement of extensions to Gedling Street and Boston Street to create retail and commercial space, as well as more student flats, she explores the potential impact of gentrifying the area will have on the past, present and future of working class communities...
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Street Art or Graffiti? Why Banksy's Notts Visit Shouldn't Distract from the City's Own Artists
Sat 24 Oct 2020Alex Kuster looks at the recent media circus surrounding Banksy's visit to Notts, and why local street artists aren't treated with the same level of respect...
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Why We Decided to Watch an Episode of Most Haunted in a Dark, Empty National Justice Museum...
Fri 23 Oct 2020We should do something Halloween-y for our October issue. Yeah, okay. How about with the National Justice Museum? Good shout. But what? I dunno. They made an episode of Most Haunted there, you know. Really? Yeah it’s on Amazon Prime. Imagine if we went over there and watched it in the dark where they spotted the ghosts. Do you think they’ll let us? We can ask...
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Nusic Advice Video: Why Music is Such a Headsrr PT. 2
Mon 19 Oct 2020Part two of our why music is such a 'thing youtube won't let us say' - this time focussed on Identity....
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Sherwood-based Stone Sword Games Raised £90,000 in Two Days to Create a Hogs of War Minatures Game
Fri 09 Oct 2020There’s an element of risk in launching any crowdfunding campaign. If you don’t reach an audience, the failure can hang around the neck of a project like an albatross. But get it right, and the rewards can be limitless. The latter situation is one that Sherwood-based Stone Sword Games found themselves in recently, when their Kickstarter campaign for a miniatures version of classic PS1 game Hogs of War smashed through £90,000 in just two days. We caught up with co-owner Paul Allen to find out more...
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Why Zelda’s Hyrule Is Secretly Nottingham: A Link To Our Town
Wed 07 Oct 2020Teo Eve docks a deerstalker hat, picks up his magnifying glass and investigates the links between Robin Hood, Peter Pan and The Legend of Zelda...
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Nusic Advice Video: Why Music is Such a Headfuck
Thu 01 Oct 2020There are a number of reasons why being a musician is such a headfuck. Music is subjective, that subjective nature together with the public nature of music means the knockbacks are often more frequent AND more personal plus your job, dream and even identity are all wrapped up into one. In this vid we try and unpack this, and hopefully help you feel a bit better about your music and yourself.
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The Nottingham Project's Greg Nugent: "We’re a creative city where culture thrives, but when other cities were upping their game, we stood still"
Fri 14 Aug 2020With a ten-year vision of turning Nottingham into a globally-recognised cultural heavyweight, and a board including the likes of Shane Meadows and Vicky McClure, last month saw the ambitious launch of The Nottingham Project. Spearheaded by the new Nottingham Board for Culture and Creativity, the project will seek to rejuvenate the city in the wake of a pandemic that has decimated much of the creative industry. As the director of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee, Project chairman Greg Nugent knows what it takes to deliver on the biggest scale. We caught up with the man at the helm to find out more about what the city’s creative community has to look forward to...
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For King, Not Country: Why We Need a More Inclusive War Narrative in the UK
Mon 13 Jul 2020As the world gets ready to remember the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, photographer Jagdish Patel explores the role of Commonwealth soldiers – many of whom were conscripted under the threat of violence – in Britain’s victory.
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Death in Exile: Why the WWII Polish Prime Minister in Exile Was Laid to Rest in Newark on Trent
Sat 04 Jul 202077 years ago this month, at the height of World War Two, Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Nottingham to deliver a eulogy at the funeral of Władysław Sikorski who was being laid to rest in Newark-on-Trent. The Polish Prime Minister in exile had died in mysterious circumstances twelve days previously, with his airplane crashing just sixteen seconds after take off in Gibraltar, killing all on board but the pilot. But what were the circumstances that led up to one of the key figures in WWII being buried in Nottingham? We look at the events and conspiracies that continue to surround the death of Władysław Sikorski…
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Why Raiders of the Lost Ark is still a treasure
Fri 12 Jun 2020Forty years since filming began, this whip-cracking adventure still delivers the (plundered) goods.
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A Guide to an Epic Games Night
Fri 12 Jun 2020A few months ago, the thought of joining all your friends on conference call software to partake in a quiz probably would have baffled you, but for most of us it’s now the norm. If the thought of yet ANOTHER Zoom quiz fills you with dread, fear not – as we’ve got the best ideas for hosting a games night during lockdown, without a pub quiz in sight...
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Documentary Filmmaker Jay Martin on Redt'Blue: The Film that Examines Why Mansfield Turned Tory
Wed 03 Jun 2020After decades as a Labour stronghold, Mansfield decided to elect a Conservative MP in the 2017 General Election. The result, which came as a shock to many, led local filmmaker Jay Martin to make Red’tBlue, his upcoming documentary which explores why the ex-mining town turned Tory…
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The Parlour Games: The Photo Parlour's Answer to Isolation Boredom
Sat 09 May 2020With the aim of keeping traditional photography and its process alive, the Photo Parlour on Queensbridge Road had firmly established itself as the central hub for Notts photographers looking to shoot stills the old-fashioned way. With their doors currently closed for obvious corona-reasons, we chatted to Dan Wheeler about Parlour Games, the weekly lockdown photo challenges he’s started...
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Why Video Game Adaptations Can Still Work
Wed 26 Feb 2020
The lesson for filmmakers is this: if you are making a movie based on a game, embrace it
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University of Nottingham Alumni Andy Wilson Works on the Call of Duty Franchise as Part of Sledgehammer Games
Tue 25 Feb 2020As Chief Operating Officer for Sledgehammer Games, University of Nottingham alumnus Andy Wilson has overseen some of the biggest video game franchises in the history of the medium, including Call of Duty. We caught up with him to talk about the current state of the industry, the unprecedented success of COD and violence in video games…
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Local Game Developers Dambuster Studios Give Us the Lowdown on their Future Plans
Mon 17 Feb 2020Located in the heart of Nottingham, Dambuster Studios has been one of the country’s biggest video game developers for over twenty years. With projects including dystopian first-person shooter series Homefront: The Revolution and Dead Island, their Studio Development Director Rob Matthews tells us they have no plans of slowing down...
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Bad Squiddo Games Are Addressing the Gender Imbalance in the Gaming Industry with Realistic Female Miniatures
Fri 14 Feb 2020
Thought wargaming was just for boys? Think again, as Nottingham’s Annie Norman is addressing the gender balance in tabletop gaming, selling the largest array of realistic female miniatures in the world with Bad Squiddo Games...
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February Mix Of The Month: Games With Galaxy Wolf In Space
Thu 13 Feb 2020In this mix series we invite local DJs to get creative with each issue’s theme. For February's game-themed mag, Galaxy Wolf In Space offers up a set of glitched-out bliss...
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Tabletop Game Design Company Needy Cat on Creating the Official Hellboy Board Game and Their First In-House Release
Thu 06 Feb 2020Tabletop games studio Needy Cat are the fast-paced, sharp minds behind some of the most exciting board games on the market. Working with household-name franchises as well as other small creators, they have one aim: to get as many people playing games as possible. We spoke to them about their work, as they gear up to launch their first, completely in-house designed game, Robot Fight Club…
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What A Decade: Nusic on Why Nottingham Should Be Crowned the Music City of the Last 10 Years
Sun 19 Jan 2020If you live in Nottingham and are passionate about that music thing, it’s fair to say this is the best decade we’ve ever had. And not just us: there’s a case that musically, Notts has had one of the best decades in the whole of the UK…
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Bird and Blend Tea Co. Are Smashing The Tea Game
Mon 18 Nov 2019Bird & Blend Tea Co. is an independent, award-winning tea company on a mission to reimagine tea. Started by Krisi Smith and her mate Mike, the business began in the bedroom of a house in Nuthall, and their range of over 200 teas now sit pretty in their eight physical UK stores...
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Why Framework's Big Sleep Out is So Important for Nottingham's Homeless Community
Fri 15 Nov 2019Framework's annual Big Sleep Out takes place on Saturday 23 November at the City Ground, and there's still time for you to sign up to participate. We spoke to the charity's Claire Windebank to find out how the money raised benefits their service and the hundreds of local users...
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Left Brian: Hang on, Here's Another Five Reasons...
Fri 11 Oct 2019As if he'd do a top five without mentioning the Carabao Cup?! Truth is, once we got Gareth Watts talking about Forest's key highlights this season, we couldn't shut him up - so her are another five.
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